2009
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immunopathogenesis: Clinical Evidence for Global T Cell Defects and an Immunomodulatory Role for Soluble CD25 (sCD25)
Cabrera R, Ararat M, Cao M, Xu Y, Wasserfall C, Atkinson M, Liu C, Nelson D. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immunopathogenesis: Clinical Evidence for Global T Cell Defects and an Immunomodulatory Role for Soluble CD25 (sCD25). Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2009, 55: 484-495. PMID: 19714465, PMCID: PMC3161029, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0955-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell responsesHCC patientsHepatocellular carcinomaCell responsesTumor burdenImpaired T cell responsesLower IFN-γ productionEffector T cell responsesIL-2 receptor alpha chainATP production assaysLevels of sCD25Tolerogenic tumor environmentIFN-γ ELISPOTEffector T cellsT cell immunityT cell reactivityIFN-γ productionIL-2 supplementationT cell defectsDose-dependent mannerReceptor alpha chainIL-2 signalingSerum sCD25Soluble CD25Worse survival
2007
A Novel Role for the Semaphorin Sema4D in the Induction of Allo-responses
Duran-Struuck R, Tawara I, Lowler K, Clouthier S, Weisiger E, Rogers C, Luker G, Kumanogoh A, Liu C, Ferrara J, Reddy P. A Novel Role for the Semaphorin Sema4D in the Induction of Allo-responses. Transplantation And Cellular Therapy 2007, 13: 1294.e1-1294.e11. PMID: 17950916, PMCID: PMC2278022, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow transplantT cellsWT T cellsDendritic cellsBALB/c recipient miceIntrinsic T cell defectPreservation of GVLAllo-immune responsesLess TNF-alphaTumor-free survivalT cell defectsAntigen presenting cellsWild-type T cellsCertain immune responsesP815 murine mastocytoma cell lineT cell-APC interactionsFree survivalHost diseaseIL-12p70Leukemia responseOrgan damageSema4D expressionMarrow transplantCytotoxic functionSyngeneic recipients